Wimanodon Saugen et al. 2025 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes

Full reference: S. M. Saugen, A. J. Roberts, V. S. Engelschiøn and J. H. Hurum. 2025. A new assemblage of Lower Triassic neoselachians (Chondrichthyes) from the Grippia Bonebed of Spitsbergen, Norway. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 44(e2426544)

Parent taxon: Synechodontiformes according to S. M. Saugen et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Keichouodus, Mucrovenator, Orthacodontidae, Palaeospinacidae, Paraorthacodontidae, Parascylloides, Polyfaciodus, Rhomphaiodon, Safrodus

Subtaxa: Wimanodon marmieri

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Type: Wimanodon marmieri

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Marmierfjellet, Flowerdalen (Grippia niveau bonebed) (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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